Do you feel safe walking alone at night in the area where you live? Residents in 144 countries and regions answered this question and more in the 2020 Global Law and Order report.
On Oct. 27, the US-based organization Gallup released （发布） the report. The survey was conducted throughout 2019, and involved nearly 175, 000 people aged 15 and older who were interviewed face-to-face or by telephone.
Interviewees were asked about their confidence in their local police, their feelings of personal safety, and the incidence （事件） of theft （盗窃） and attack or robbery （抢劫） in the past year.
The organization collects the "positive" responses to the questions into a Law and Order Index score for each country and region. The higher the score, the higher the percentage of the population that reports feeling safe.
The average index score for the world in 2019 was 82 out of 100 — the same as in 2018. Ninety countries and regions posted scores lower than this average.
China received a score of 94 and ranks third on the list, following Singapore and Turkmenistan, which both received 97. The report also showed that 90 percent of the interviewees from China said they feel secure when walking alone at night.
In recent decades, more and more Chinese people have traveled abroad, and noticed that public security in China was better than that in any other countries, according to China Daily.
Wang Yidi, 17, a Chinese student studying in Pennsylvania, US, used to go out for midnight snacks with her friends when staying in China. "But in the US, not so many people dare to walk alone at night." she said.
In fact, China has taken great efforts to ensure people's sense of happiness and security. According to China Daily, it launched （启动） a three-year campaign against organized crime in 2018. By August 2020, more than10, 000 criminal gangs （犯罪团伙） had been arrested nationwide. Serious violent crimes have been on the decline for 10 years.
